Penelope Chilvers

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500 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 2 Feb

Penelope Chilvers’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And so I had to find something different.

And I kept going back to Spain to work there.

on any job that I could get.

But it was eventually these boots that took off so quickly.

In my first six months, I sold 100 pairs to the Cross.

There was an absolute craze in Notting Hill Gate.

It is, yes.

And I sold kind of five pairs.

They sold out in a day, 10 pairs.

Then I was back on the plane down to see my artisan and Lucia and asking him to make more.

No, because I didn't go to business school.

I was trained as an artist.

I don't think I did.

I never knew that I was starting a business at the time.

I just thought I was...

I was making ends meet.

What I was selling, I was putting back into the business.

And if I made a promise to someone that I would deliver, I would damn well deliver.

And the same happened when I started trading.

In my first year, I went to Paris Fashion Week.

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